umpiring is nearly always going to be lower standard at womens level as the best are taken to umpire the mens competion . more moneyHad that chamberlaim moron out there which dropped the standard significantly.
Same reason lowert standard of umprting at VFL, WAFL.SANFL,QFL.
Some good will stay local , but many will follow the money
Amateur leagues and lowest divisions in those too.
I also beleive the umpires are playing different interpretations in the AFLW, throwing the ball has always been interpretted differently to the men.
I truly believe we need to make the rule/interpretations exactly the same for both Men And Women
Choose which ever rule works best and write it into one set of rules
Junior football from U12s onwards is almost mirror image of the AFL rules so i dont see the reason for the girls to learn new rules